W.R. Welborn & Son, Inc.

If you have driven past a new subdivision, plant expansion or freshly paved parking lot in Gregg County, there is a decent chance W.R. Welborn & Son moved the dirt first. The company has worked from the same Johnson Road location under the same name since 1977, and describes itself on its website as a third-generation, family-owned contractor. Its own summary of the outfit: "Family-Owned. East Texas Strong." The work is earthwork and sitework — excavation, grading and site prep with GPS machine control, lime and cement soil stabilization, hot mix asphalt paving, parking lot paving and resurfacing, access roads, and full site packages for subdivisions and commercial and industrial development. Its project pages name clients including Eastman Chemical, Komatsu, AAON and area school districts. The company states on its site that it is "Licensed & Insured" and safety-focused, and lists a service area covering Longview, Kilgore, Marshall, Henderson, Tyler, Gilmer, Gladewater, Hallsville and Carthage.